Need to repay Crossword Clue

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(verb)
1. be in debt
2. be indebted to, in an abstract or intellectual sense

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

REPAY (verb)
1. make repayment for or return something
2. pay back
NEED (verb)
1. have need of
2. require as useful, just, or proper
NEED (noun)
1. anything that is necessary but lacking
2. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior

Hint 3: Anagram

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